Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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Page 72
... elegance is less attainable . Having exposed the unskilfulness or selfishness of the former government , " We were left , " says Milton , " to ourselves : the whole national interest fell into your hands , and subsists only in your ...
... elegance is less attainable . Having exposed the unskilfulness or selfishness of the former government , " We were left , " says Milton , " to ourselves : the whole national interest fell into your hands , and subsists only in your ...
Page 138
... elegance of the poetry , and confine it to the sense of the precepts , will find no other direction than that the author should be suitable to the translator's genius ; that he should be such as may deserve a translation ; that he who ...
... elegance of the poetry , and confine it to the sense of the precepts , will find no other direction than that the author should be suitable to the translator's genius ; that he should be such as may deserve a translation ; that he who ...
Page 351
... elegance and gaiety to the aid of goodness ; and , if I may use expressions yet more awful , of having " turned many to righteousness . " Addison , in his life , and for some time afterwards , was con- sidered by the greater part of ...
... elegance and gaiety to the aid of goodness ; and , if I may use expressions yet more awful , of having " turned many to righteousness . " Addison , in his life , and for some time afterwards , was con- sidered by the greater part of ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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